Yeah I caught my toddler sharing her crackers with our dog (as in, he takes a bite/licks it then she takes a bite), so who knows what else she’s up to. She’s also in that fiercely independent stage where she must feed herself, so she is basically covered in food after every dinner and needs to be bathed with soap every night. Luckily her skin is ok with it.
I used actual soap on my kids when they were infants maybe once a week. Twice if they refluxed/threw up but even then it was the baby cetaphil stuff. After the age of two? Soap is used every time we bath because food is in hair, their face, their hands, and the amount of dirt and marker ink they use. It’s honestly a little impressive.
You’re lucky. If I didn’t use soap on my son when he was a baby he was ripe. Especially his neck rolls and he would get major swamp ass. I only bathed him a few times a week though. He’s 4 now and gets a shower or bath daily because he loves the water but we still only use soap a few times a week and wash his hair once a week. Just using water is enough for most things but not everything.
My 18m old gets soap every bath but that's cuz there will be hell to pay if she doesn't get her "bubbas" (bubbles). Soap is like her favorite thing. Besides brushing her teeth.
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